Tomorrow Never Dies has the slight edge of the two for Jonathan Pryce, but yes. Goldeneye's far from great too, but Sean Bean does a looooot to breath some life into things.

Tomorrow Never Dies is the first Bond flick that I caught in theaters and actually have strong recollections of it. Pryce hams it up hard. Too bad it's in service of arguably the dumbest villain plot of the series.

For Your Eyes Only rocks so hard. Were Dalton in the role as intended, it may be an all-timer. Damn near close though.

Following up the emotional wallop of the ending of Secret Service with Moore's more avuncular, jokey, and old-ass Bond robs it of its potential poignancy. The wordless mountain climb rocks as a setpiece. Also, fucking Topol.

Tomorrow Never Dies is the first Bond flick that I caught in theaters and actually have strong recollections of it. Pryce hams it up hard. Too bad it's in service of arguably the dumbest villain plot of the series.

For Your Eyes Only rocks so hard. Were Dalton in the role as intended, it may be an all-timer. Damn near close though.

Following up the emotional wallop of the ending of Secret Service with Moore's more avuncular, jokey, and old-ass Bond robs it of its potential poignancy. The wordless mountain climb rocks as a setpiece. Also, fucking Topol.

A number of the Bonds have been good. Having growing up with Moore being Bond, I tend to like him the best. Daniel Craig has been an awesome Bond, though. His version of Casino Royale is probably my favorite Bond film.

For Your Eyes Only rocks so hard. Were Dalton in the role as intended, it may be an all-timer. Damn near close though.

Following up the emotional wallop of the ending of Secret Service with Moore's more avuncular, jokey, and old-ass Bond robs it of its potential poignancy. The wordless mountain climb rocks as a setpiece. Also, fucking Topol.

I'm confused; the ending of OHMSS is retroactively soured by Moore, when Connery's Diamonds Are Forever came first and is an embarrassing send off for Connery? The way you worded it also implies For Your Eyes Only followed close behind OHMSS when obvs there are like 5 films inbetween.

I'm confused; the ending of OHMSS is retroactively soured by Moore, when Connery's Diamonds Are Forever came first and is an embarrassing send off for Connery? The way you worded it also implies For Your Eyes Only followed close behind OHMSS when obvs there are like 5 films inbetween.

The ending of Secret Service is soured because it's never fully-realized in a serialized fashion. Yes, you're right in that Diamonds Are Forever comes after with a sleepwalking Connery that supposedly meets Blofeld for the first time. For Your Eyes Only, however, is the only film since Secret Service to acknowledge Tracy's death and Bond's vengeance toward Blofeld. It's bitter subject matter that's dispensed with the usual Moore silliness.

For Your Eyes Only is the only of the Moore flicks that I've seen to actively suffer from the tensions of Moore's comical Bond and a more hard-edged take on the character.